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Alfred Hefter-Hidalgo
Alfred Hefter (last name also Hefter-Hidalgo) (1892 in Iași – 1957 in Rome) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and writer of Jewish descent. In 1935 he founded the French-language newspaper ''Le Moment'', which was published in Bucharest (besides in Geneva) until 1940. His first publication was a Marxist-influenced pamphlet in 1908, which he wrote with his brother Jean (1887–1974), also a journalist. He published poems in the literary magazine ''Simbolul''. He was the editor of a symbolist magazine, '' Versuri şi Prozǎ'' (1912–14), and two newspapers, and after 1924 was active in Bucharest as an editor, where he was part of a group of Jewish intellectuals who influenced the poet, critic, and philosopher Benjamin Fondane. On unfriendly terms with the government censor, he moved to Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iași
Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918. Known as the Cultural Capital of Romania, Iași is a symbol of Romanian history. Historian Nicolae Iorga stated that "there should be no Romanian who does not know of it". Still referred to as "The Moldavian Capital", Iași is the main economic and business centre of Romania's Moldavian region. In December 2018, Iași was officially declared the Historical Capital of Romania. At the 2011 census, the city-proper had a population of 290,422 (making it the fourth most populous in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
